Brake equalizer



yJuly 5, 1938. T. DE w. RIVERS BRAKE f EQUALI ZER" Filed June 2s, 193s Patented July 5, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE 1 Claim.

The device forming tle subject matter of this application is a brake, and the invention aims to provide novel means whereby, through the instrumentality of a novel arrangement of levers,

5 an equalization of the braking eort may be brought about. 'I'heinvention 4aims to provide novel means under the control of an operator for actuating the brake, to provide novel spring rmeans for controlling parts of the device, and,

generally, to supply an equalizlng means which will be simple but effective.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention ap- With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein dlsclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing: Eig. 1 is a horizontal section showing the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the device shown in Fig.v `1; Fig. 3 is a fragmental top plan showing the mounting'for one of the levers.

Referring to the drawing the vehicle frame bars 12 form part of a housing and are connected by a transverse front plate 13 and a transverse a@ back plate 14. `There are bearings 15 on the bars l2. 'A first shaft 1B is journaled'in the bearings liti. The shaft carries at one end an arm 11, and to the arm is pivoted a connection 18 adapted to be joined to a hand brake lever (not shown). At

, opposite end of the shaft 18 there is an arm it to which a connection is pivoted. The connection 80 is joined to any suitable actuating means (not shown). l

intermediate its ends, the shaft 18 is supplied W with a depending arm 8|. Links 82 connect the arm 8l with a vertical first lever 83. 'Ihe lever it carries intermediate its ends a 'guide bolt 84 or the like, movable transversely in an elongated slot formed in the side portions 8,8 of a brack- 0 et 81 secured to a cross bar 88 connected to the sides of an extension` 89 projecting forwardly from the front plate L13 of the housing 80. The lever 83 operates between safety bolts 80, mounted in the sides 86 of the bracketV 81 and located s at the ends of the slot 85 which receives the bolt 84 of the lever 83.

A rearwardly extended connecting rod 8| is (Cl. 18S-204) pivoted at its forward end to the upper end of the lever 83v and passes slidably through the' housing plates 13 and 14. A second lever 92 is fulcrumed intermediate its ends on the rear end of the rod 9|. The second lever 92 is slidably 5 supported on a rearwardly prolonged extension 93, attached to the rear plate 14. Connections 94 are plvoted to the ends of the second lever 92 and are adapted to be joined to rear brake mechanisms (not shown). Pull springs 95 are 10 connected to the lever 92, on opposite sides of its fulcrum, and to the rear end of the housing extension 93. l

A forwardly extended link 96 is provided, and the lever 83 is fulcrumed intermediate its ends 15 upon the link, below the guide bolt 84 of the lever. A third lever 91 is fulcrumed intermediate its ends on the link 96, and, like the lever 92, operates transversely of the lever 83. Connections 98 are pivoted to the ends of the lever 2o 81 and are adapted to be joined to forward brake actuating devices (not shown). Pull springs 99 are anchored at their rear ends to the cross bar 88 of the housing and are connected at their forward ends to the lever 91 on opposite sides of its fulcrum. 25

'I'he shaft 16 is rocked by the arm 11 and the connection 18, or by the arm 19 and the connection 80. The arm 8i and the link 82 tilt the lever 83 on its fulcrum connection with the part 96, and the rod 9|, together with the lever 92 and the connections 94, set the rear brakes. The lever 83, the link 96. the lever 91 and the connections 98 actuate the front brake. Equalization is afforded because the levers 83, 92 and 91 are 35 fulcrumed intermediate their ends on the parts that carry them.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

'A brake equalizer comprising a housing, a 40 guide carried by the housing, a shaft journaled in the housing, means under the control of an operator for actuating the shaft, a first lever provided with a part which has movement in the guide in a direction transverse to the axis of the 45 shaft, a second lever, means for connecting the second lever fulcrumwise and intermediate its ends to one end of the first lever, brake connections assembled with the ends of the second lever,

a third lever, means for fulcruming the first le- 50 ver intermediate its ends on the third lever, brake connections assembled with the ends of the third lever, an arm on the shaft, and means for connecting the arinwith the opposite end of the first lever. 55

I'HoMAs DE WITT RIVERS. 

